Samsung Display has improved its quantum dot nanorod LED (QNED) technology enough to start investing in production equipment in 2021, according to UBI Research.The market research firm said it analyzed 94 patents filed by the South Korean display maker this year.It found drastic improvements in tech

Hana Technology has finalized its share offering price for its IPO at 35,000 won.A total of 1,463 institutional investors participated in its demand forecast that lasted from November 9 to 10.It will seek 28 billion won from the listing.Hana Technology can provide all equipment needed for battery pr

Lightron has supplied its optical transceivers for South Korean telco KT’s 5G telecom equipment, TheElec has learned.Lightron was initially omitted from KT’s selection of transceiver suppliers earlier this year. The telco had chosen OE Solution, Intec E&C and Zaram Technology __ however, OE Solution

LG Electronics will run an experience zone for its rollable OLED TV at The Conran Shop at Lotte Department Store in Gangnam.The premium UK lifestyle shop house around 300 living brands. LG OLED R will be displayed at the VIP zone of The Conran Shop.LG OLED R has a rollable OLED screen that rolls dow

Jahwa Electronics’ negotiations to sell its Vietnam camera module factory with Sunny Optical has fallen through, TheElec has learned.The talks between the pair fell through around the end of September, people familiar with the matter said.Sunny Optical has purchased another camera module factory in

EcoPro has signed green gas reduction contracts with seven Chinese nitric acid companies.The South Korean battery maker will help these companies reduce their nitrous oxide emissions.The contract is waiting for approval from Chinese authorities.EcoPro will install equipment starting in July next yea

LG Chem is expected place orders soon from South Korean equipment makers for kits to place at its factory run by Ultium Cells, its joint venture with General Motors.The Korean battery has already sent letters of intent (LOI) to major supplies in September.First orders will be placed this month at th

SK Nexilis’ first overseas copper foil factory will be located in Southeast Asia, a company executive said.The company is considering customer demand, market’s growth potential and utility bills in selecting the country to build the factory, company executive Lee Jae-hong said.Europe and US were als

Apple on Tuesday unveiled its self-developed PC processor M1.The chip will power its new 13-inch MacBook Pro, MacBook Air and Mac Mini.Cupertino has powered its iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch with its self-developed Arm-based system-on-a-chip (Soc) in the past but this is its first for its notebook se

South Korea was reliant on imports for over 70% of precursors for battery materials, a market research firm said.China will be responsible for 75.8% of production for precursors this year, QY Research said. South Korea will rank second with 13.9%, followed by Japan with 9.7%.Precursors are used to m

SK Innovation said on Tuesday that its subsidiary SK IE Technology has started operation of its battery separator factory in Changzhou, China.SK IE Technology decided to construct the factory in 2018. Construction began on March, 2019 on the factory with a production capacity of 340 million meter sq

Display equipment maker Youngwoo DSP said on Tuesday that it posted operating income of 4.8 billion won and sales of 36.1 billion won.It is a jump of 234% and 97%, respectively, from the same time period a year ago.Accumulated earnings up to the third quarter of 2020 this year was 7.6 billion won in

China has commercialized 5G standalone (SA) network.China Telecom said it will offer 5G SA services to over 300 cities in China at a press event held with Qualcomm at Guangzhou on Friday.South Korea is yet to launch 5G SA networks and is planning to use it for business-to-business applications.In Se

Hyundai Motor will install Nvidia Drive-based connected car operating system (ccOS) in all its car models launching in 2022.The OS will be applied to all Hyundai, Kia and Genesys brand cars, from the entry level to the premium level.Hyundai and Nvidia has been collaborating on the technology since 2

Printed circuit board (PCB) maker TLB is aiming to be listed on KOSDAQ.The company split-off from Daeduck Electronics back in 2011. It was originally the thin lamination board business of Daeduck.It has turned in its security report to financial authorities on Monday. Its IPO is expected next month.

U-blox is planning to expand its GNSS business to include wearables.Its GNSS platform aimed at wearables, called M10, was launched worldwide on November 6.U-blox’s Korea country manager KS Son said while the company focused on products from automobile in the past, the new M10 was made with both cons

Samsung Electronics has topped Apple in smartphone sales in the US in the third quarter, according to Strategy Analytics.It is the first in three years __ the Korean tech giant previously beat Cupertino for the top spot in the second quarter of 2017.Samsung sold 10.4 billion smartphones in the quart

Apple’s iPhone 11 was the best selling phone in China in the third quarter, according to CounterPoint.The smartphone had a market share of 4.9% in the quarter. Huawei’s 5G smartphone took second to fifth places in the rankings, the research firm said.In market share per company, Huawei was top at 45

The US’s International Trade Commission (ITC) has rejected SK Innovation’s claim that the lawsuit filed by LG Chem over electric vehicle battery technology theft is invalid.Back in August, the Central District Court in Seoul had also rejected the same claim made by SK Innovation.SK Innovation has cl

LG Chem has succeeded in optimizing its electric vehicle battery plant at Poland, TheElec has learned.The yield rate at the plant in Kobierzyce, near Wroclaw, is now close to 90%, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.Last year in October, yield rate at the plant was in the 70% range. The